Is it der, die oder das Koblenz?

Finding the right gender of a noun

German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.

In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.

The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.

It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)

German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.

• for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);

• for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);

• for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).

German declension of Koblenz?

How does the declension of Koblenz work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

[1] City on the Middle Rhine, which lies on the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate

[2] Local community on the Hochrhein, which is located at the confluence of Aare and Rhein directly on the German border in the Swiss canton of Aargau

[1] „Schon ein Blick auf die Karte zeigt:“ Koblenz „ist geschichtsträchtig. Hier bauten die Römer ein Kastell, die Franken eine Pfalz, der Kurfürst Burg und Schloß und Preußen seine größte Festung.“

[1] Koblenz war die Hauptstadt der preußischen Rheinprovinz.

[1] Koblenz ist die einzige Stadt, die gleichzeitig an Rhein und Mosel liegt.

[1] „Eine der hervorragendsten Persönlichkeiten seiner Zeit war Nicolaus Krebs aus Cues an der Mosel, auch Nicolaus Cancer de Cusa oder Nicolaus Cusanus genannt, von 1427 […] bis 1439 Dekan am Stifte St. Florin zu Koblenz. Wenn auch die sichtbaren Höhepunkte seines bewegten Lebenslaufes als Kardinal und Bischof außerhalb seiner Koblenzer Jahre lagen, so war doch die Koblenzer Zeit für Entwicklung und Entfaltung seiner Persönlichkeit von Bedeutung. […]“

[1] „Nach den Bombardements vom 6. November und 28. Dezember 1944 glich Koblenz einer Geisterstadt.“

[1] „Zwar gibt es hier oder dort einladende Uferpromenaden; die von Koblenz zum Beispiel läßt sich ohne Vorbehalt empfehlen.“

[2] Wir fahren in Koblenz über die Grenze.